, 1887-06-03
COMING WEST.
The Contemplated Trip of
President Cleveland.
A Journey from the Atlantic
To the Pacific Coast.
Disappearance Of a Defaulting
Probate Judge.
The president will Visit the west.

The PRESIDENT will Visit the west.
PHILADELPHIA, June "A special to
the Bulletin from Washington says:
There is every reason to believe that the
promise which the president made to the
st. Louis delegates that he would if he
could visit their city next fall, will be
kept and that his visit to that city will
only be a comparatively small feature OF
the great and extensive trip which he has
been planning and arrangements for which
will be contaminated on his return to the
white house. The president has seen but
little of the United States. He has dur
ing his life time travelled but little outside
of New York. He has never been in the
West at ali, but he has made up his mind
of late that it would be to his personal
and political advantage to make an elabor-
ate journey tins year.
His wife has persuaded him to do so as
a matter of pleasure, and several Demo
cratic politicians, chief among whom is
Postmaster General Villas, have urged
him to do so as a matter of practical poll
tics. They have told him that the Dem
ocrats of the West and Northwest are
anxious to see him, and that his presence
in some states may have an encouraging
effect on party organization. A cabinet
officer remarked to him before his depar-
ture to the Adirondacks that in a year of
peace and prosperity like this he could
make such a tour as was made in 1918,
and the remark had a pleasing effect on
the presidents mind. 1t was in contem-
plation of such a trip as this that Mr..
Cleveland made his promise to the St.
Louis delegation.
The fact is that he intends to go a deal
farther in the direction of the setting sun
than st. Louis. Ii the president can
make his arrangements he will leave this
city the first week in August, and will
probably remain away until the LIST of
October. He will travel in a special car
containing the members of his immediate
household and two or three cabinet off
GERS. His intention is to go clear across
the continent to the Pacific coast. The
principal cities on the line IF the route
will be visited in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri and Minnesota. Postmaster
General Villas is particularly anxious that
he should make a good impression in
those states in time for the fall election.
The president is curious to explore the
territories along the line of the Northern
Pacific road, and it is now on his plan to
go as far as Portland, Oregon. Indeed,
it is said that he would very much like 10
steam up the Pacific ocean as far as
Alaska, although he has been told that
this would be construed as a violation of
precedent, which permits no president to
go outside the country during his term of
office.
1t probable that in going and coming
on this long two months Journey the pres
ident and his party will visit Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Chicago, st. Paul and possibly
Portland and San francisco, Omaha, St.
Louls, Louisville, Cincinnati and other
important cities il order that he may
come in contact with the people and es-
pecially with working politicians.
Postmaster General Villas, who is per
haps the most ardent and Industrious sec
ond termer in the administration, will,
when the proper time comes, leave moth
ing undone to work up the journey for all
it is worth, as a swing around the political
circle ofDemocratic politicians in the vari-
u states through which the president
will pass will stir up popular enthusiasm
in order to bring about a good effect on
the autumn election.
The president is determined that this
Journey shall be made entirely at bis per-
sonal expense. He does not intend to ac-
cept any %favors, but will pay for every
thing he gets in the way of transportation
and personal service. The trip will cost
him no less than 80, 500 for the sixty days
over which it will extend.
A leading member of the administra-
tioh said that the president is anxious to
know more more about his country than
he does, and that he often finds his i'm
perfect knowledge in this respect a source
of embarrassment. He has also been
moved to make the journey in order to
crafty his wiie's love oftravel. He fears,
however, that the South will be Jealous OF
the fact that a Democratic president has
gone into the West instead OF spending
more of his time in Southern states.
The Australian soldiers sent TO the
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